Approach of Autumn 2012
Autumn setting in around the Welsh capital.
Fforest-fawr, a small forest (despite its name) above Tongwynlais.
Highlights on the ferns, on the second day of autumn.
Bracken slowly turning brown on the slopes of Craig yr Allt (273 metres).
Sandstone quarries on Craig yr Allt.
The nearby Garth Hill (307 metres), seen over Gawelod-y-garth.
Mynydd Meio (322 metres)
The view over Caerphilly from Craig yr Allt.
Distant view of the Black Mountains (part of the Brecon Beacons) over Caerphilly.
Caerphilly Common (271 metres), with Twmbarlwm (419 metres) and Mynydd Machen (362 metres) in the distance.
View towards Fforest-fawr, with the Mountain Lakes golf course on the ridge.
View over the Bristol Channel to southwest England, with the Flat Holm and Steep Holm islands in the channel.
The hills around Senghenydd, with Mynydd Meio in the foreground, and the Taff valley on the left.
Distant view of Corn Du (873 metres), Pen y Fan (886 metres), Cribyn (795 metres), Fan y Bîg (719 metres) and Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion (754 metres), the main Brecon Beacons mountains.
Heather on the ridge.
Approaching the summit of Craig yr Allt
Crags on the Craig yr Allt summit.
The Craig yr Allt ridge, looking towards the Garth Hill.
Lower crags.
Railway arches at Caerphilly.
This area was once the site of numerous branches and sidings that served the nearby quarries.
On the far side of Cardiff is the Cosmeston Medieval Village. This is a recreation village representing the Medieval settlement that existed here in the year 1350.
Drying skins.
Inside a forge. This was in use as a film set for an upcoming production.
Living room of the village official's house.
With a separate bedroom.
The tithe barn.
Inside the tithe barn.
Inside the pig farmer's cottage.
Glass-less window.
The baker's ovens.
Cosmeston Lakes, reclaimed land after the extensive quarries were flooded.
Autumn leaves. It has begun.
Leaves of young beech trees.
Yellow and blue. Birch.
Ivy berries in a hawthorn frame.
Red, orange, yellow, green. Birch.
Rosehips.
Cormorants and gulls.
Beechwoods.
Beech and ivy.
Sunset over the Cosmeston Lakes.